Health Equations HEALTH SURVEY Name _______________________________________ Date_______________ INSTRUCTIONS: Number the blanks that apply to you with either a 1, 2, or 3 - - (1) for MILD symptoms (occur once or twice a year) (2) for MODERATE symptoms (occur several times a year) (3) for SEVERE symptoms (you are aware of it almost constantly) Leave blank blank if it does not apply to you! GROUP 1 1 ___ Acid foods upset 2 ___ Get chilled, often 3 ___ "Lump" in throat 4 ___ Dry mouth-eyes-nose 5 ___ Pulse speeds after meals 6 ___ Keyed upÐfail to calm 7 ___ Cuts heal slowly 8 ___ Gag easily 9 ___ Unable to relax; startles easily 10 ___ Extremities cold, clammy 11 ___ Strong light irritates 12 ___ Urine amount reduced 13 ___ Heart pounds after retiring 14 ___ "Nervous" stomach 15 ___ Appetite reduced 16 ___ Cold sweats often 17 ___ Fever easily raised 18 ___ Neuralgia-like pains 19 ___ Staring, blinks little 20 ___ Sour stomach frequent GROUP 2 21 ___ Joint stiffness after arising 22 ___ Muscle-leg-toe cramps at night 23 ___ "Butterfly" stomach 24 ___ Eyes or nose watery 25 ___ Eyes blink often 26 ___ Eyelids swollen, puffy 27 ___ Indigestion soon after meals 28 ___ Always seems hungry; feels "lightheaded" often 29 ___ Digestion rapid 30 ___ Vomiting frequent 31 ___ Hoarseness frequent 32 ___ Breathing irregular 33 ___ Pulse slow; feels "irregular" 34 ___ Gagging reflex slow 35 ___ Difficulty swallowing 36 ___ Constipation, diarrhea alternating 37 ___ "Slow starter" 38 ___ Get "chilled" frequently 39 ___ Perspire easily 40 ___ Circulation poor, sensitive to cold 41 ___ Subject to colds, asthma, bronchitis GROUP 3 42 ___ Eat when nervous 43 ___ Excessive appetite 44 ___ Hungry between meals 45 ___ Irritable before meals 46 ___ Get "shaky" if hungry 47 ___ Fatigue, eating relieves 48 ___ "Lightheaded" if meals delayed 49 ___ Heart palpitates if meals missed or delayed 50 ___ Afternoon headaches 51 ___ Overeating sweets upsets 52 ___ Awaken after few hours sleepÐ-hard to get back to sleep 53 ___ Crave candy or coffee in afternoons 54 ___ Moods of depressionÐ "blues" or melancholy 55 ___ Abnormal craving for sweets or snacks GROUP 4 56 ___ Hands and feet go to sleep easily, numbness 57 ___ Sigh frequently, "air hungry" 58 ___ Aware of "breathing heavily" 59 ___ High altitude discomfort 60 ___ Opens windows in closed room 61 ___ Susceptible to colds & fevers 62 ___ Afternoon "yawner" 63 ___ Get drowsy often 64 ___ Swollen ankles, worse at night 65 ___ Muscle cramps, worse during exercise; get "charley horses" 66 ___ Shortness of breath on exertion 67 ___ Dull pain in chest or radiating into left arm, worse on exertion 68 ___ Bruise easily, "black/blue" spots 69 ___ Tendency to anemia 70 ___ Nose bleeds frequent 71 ___ Noises in head or "ringing in ears" 72 ___ Tension under breastbone, or feeling of tightness, worse on exertion GROUP 5 73 ___ Dizziness 74 ___ Dry skin 75 ___ Burning feet 76 ___ Blurred vision 77 ___ Itching skin and feet 78 ___ Excessive falling hair 79 ___ Frequent skin rashes 80 ___ Bitter, metallic taste in mouth in mornings 81 ___ Bowel movements painful or difficult 82 ___ Worrier, feels insecure 83 ___ Feeling queasy; headache over eyes 84 ___ Greasy foods upset 85 ___ Stools light-colored GROUP 6 98 ___ Loss of taste for meat 99 ___ Lower bowel gas several hours after eating 100 ___ Burning stomach sensations, eating relieves 101 ___ Coated tongue 102 ___ Pass large amounts of foul smelling gas 103 ___ Indigestion 1/2 -1 hour after eating; may be up to 3-4 hrs. 104 ___ Mucus colitis or "irritable bowel" 105 ___ Gas shortly after eating 106 ___ Stomach "bloating" after eating GROUP 7 (A) 107 ___ Insomnia 108 ___ Nervousness 109 ___ CanÕt gain weight 110 ___ Intolerance to heat 111 ___ Highly emotional 112 ___ Flush easily 113 ___ Night sweats 114 ___ Thin, moist skin 115 ___ Inward trembling 116 ___ Heart palpitates 117 ___ Increased appetite without weight gain 118 ___ Pulse fast at rest 119 ___ Eyelids and face twitch 120 ___ Irritable and restless 121 ___ CanÕt work under pressure (B) 122 ___ Increase in weight 123 ___ Decrease in appetite 124 ___ Fatigue easily 125 ___ Ringing in ears 126 ___ Sleepy during day 127 ___ Sensitive to cold 128 ___ Dry or scaly skin 129 ___ Constipation 130 ___ Mental sluggishness 131 ___ Hair coarse, falls out 132 ___ Headache upon arising, wears off during day 133 ___ Slow pulse, below 65 134 ___ Frequency of urination 135 ___ Impaired hearing 136 ___ Reduced initiative (C) 137 ___ Failing memory 138 ___ Low blood pressure 139 ___ Increased sex drive 140 ___ Headaches, "splitting or rending" type 141 ___ Decreased sugar tolerance (D) 142 ___ Abnormal thirst 143 ___ Bloating of abdomen 144 ___ Weight gain around hips or waist 145 ___ Sex drive reduced or lacking 146 ___ Tendency to ulcers, colitis 147 ___ Increased sugar tolerance 148 ___ Women: menstrual disorders 149 ___ Young girls: lack of menstrual function (E) 150 ___ Dizziness 151 ___ Headaches 152 ___ Hot flashes 153 ___ Increased blood pressure 154 ___ Hair growth on face or body (female) 155 ___ Sugar in urine (not diabetes) 156 ___ Masculine tendencies (female) (F) 157 ___ Weakness, dizziness 158 ___ Chronic fatigue 159 ___ Low blood pressure 160 ___ Nails weak, ridged 161 ___ Tendency to hives 162 ___ Arthritic tendencies 163 ___ Perspiration increases 164 ___ Bowel disorders 165 ___ Poor circulation 166 ___ Swollen ankles 167 ___ Crave salt 168 ___ Brown spots or bronzing of skin 169 ___ Allergies Ð tendency to asthma 170 ___ Weakness after colds, influenza 171 ___ Exhaustion Ð muscular and nervous 172 ___ Respiratory disorders FEMALE ONLY 173 ___ Very easily fatigued 174 ___ Premenstrual tension 175 ___ Painful menses 176 ___ Depressed feelings before menstruation 177 ___ Menstruation excessive and prolonged 178 ___ Painful breasts 179 ___ Menstruate too frequently 180 ___ Vaginal discharge 181 ___ Hysterectomy/ovaries removed 182 ___ Menopausal hot flashes 183 ___ Menses scanty or missed 184 ___ Acne, worse at menses 185 ___ Depression of long standing MALE ONLY 186 ___ Prostate trouble 187 ___ Urination difficult or dribbling 188 ___ Night urination frequent 189 ___ Depression 190 ___ Pain on inside of legs or heels 191 ___ Feeling of incomplete bowel evacuation 192 ___ Lack of energy 193 ___ Migrating aches and pains 194 ___ Tire too easily 195 ___ Avoids activity 196 ___ Leg nervousness at night 197 ___ Diminished sex drive IMPORTANT Please list the five main health complaints you have --in order of their importance, most important first: 1._______________________________________________ 2._______________________________________________ 3._______________________________________________ 4._______________________________________________ 5._______________________________________________